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Claude Code v2.1.260 ·

Argument-scoped permission rules for built-in tool controls

Permission rules can now target specific arguments like Bash(curl *) instead of whole tools.

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builtinToolPolicy and disabledBuiltinTools now accept argument-scoped rules like Bash(curl *) or Read(**/secrets/**), not just bare tool names. New parsing and validation logic, parseBuiltinRule and canonicalBuiltinRule, backs this and warns on malformed entries.

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The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up builtinToolPolicy, on Configuration reference. | <span id="builtintoolpolicy" />Built-in tool policy<br />`builtinToolPolicy` | `object` | MDM + Bootstrap<br />Added in 1.8089.0 | — | Approval policy per built-in tool or argument-scoped rule such as Bash(curl \*). “ask” requires user a… third-party/claude-desktop/configuration see the edit
Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up disabledBuiltinTools, on Configuration reference. | <span id="disabledbuiltintools" />Disabled built-in tools<br />`disabledBuiltinTools` | `string[]` | MDM + Bootstrap<br />Added in 1.2581.0 | — | Built-in tools, or argument-scoped permission rules such as Read(\*\*/.env), denied in Cowo… third-party/claude-desktop/configuration see the edit
Added since A small documentation edit on Telemetry and egress touched a line naming disabledBuiltinTools after this was published. With `disableEssentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialServices`, and `disableAutoUpdates` all set to `true`, the desktop application makes **no outbound connections to Anthropic-operated hosts at runtime**. … third-party/claude-desktop/telemetry see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation agreesA small documentation edit on Telemetry and egress touched a line naming disabledBuiltinTools after this was published.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed Edit/Write/Read permission rules whose path contains parentheses being dropped as invalid or ignored by the Bash sandbox, which left…

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